I imagined that the next generation would be angry that we did not take action on climate when we had the chance…

Sadly, my image of angry youth in 2020 is happening now in 2018.

But they aren’t just cursing us and stamping their feet. They are going to court. In the USA, the Supreme Court has just given a green light to a lawsuit by youth against the Trump Administration.

“The lawsuit, Juliana v. United States, was filed in 2015, accusing the government of violating the young plaintiffs’ constitutional rights by failing to address climate change and continuing to subsidize fossil fuels.

If the youth succeed at trial, the case could result in a court order requiring the federal government to develop and implement a plan to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.”

And it’s not just youth who are angry. CNN recently reported that “there have been over 1,000 climate change cases filed against governments, corporations and individuals in 24 countries.”

Hmmm… What are the climate scientists saying today in 2018?

“World leaders have been told they have moral obligation to ramp up their action on the climate crisis in the wake of a new UN report that shows even half a degree of extra warming will affect hundreds of millions of people, decimate corals and intensify heat extremes.”

The IPCC warns that we only have twelve years to avoid climate change catastrophe.

“I can’t get your song out of my head. We have been passing it around every chance we get, playing it at chapters meetings and gatherings. It’s brilliant!”
Raejean Fellows, President, Electric Auto Association